The LA Times Festival of Books, Once Again

I will be spending the weekend at one of my favorite events of the year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held at one of my favorite locations in the Southland, the campus of UCLA. The "Book Fair" as my friend Roderick has been known to call it, has 300 exhibitor booths representing booksellers, publishers, literacy and cultural organizations. In addition, it has exciting author events, storytelling, cooking demonstrations and poetry readings. Since its inception 13 years ago (I was there!) it has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year. I think the first year I went it was 30,000 attendees, so it has certainly become popular, for good reason! Plus, it is free!